St. Louis Catholic School (elementary--Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8)

11 Morgan Avenue, Etobicoke, Ontario M8Y 2Z7

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History & Tradition

St. Louis Catholic School began as a simple seven-room schoolhouse which first opened its doors on September 2, 1947. At that time it was part of the Combined Roman Catholic Separate Schools Board of the Township of Etobicoke. In the first year, there were 71 students from grades 1 to 8, with two teachers: Sister Mary Assumpta was the first principal of St. Louis. It was she who established the school motto of “faith, friends and fulfillment”.

In the years that followed, the school continued to grow. In 1962, the school gained an addition of five classrooms and a library. In 1967, St. Louis joined the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now Toronto Catholic District School Board) family. In 1968, a gymnasium and three more classrooms were added. In 1990, the original schoolhouse was torn down. The addition and renovations which make up the present building were completed in 1992.

St. Louis continues to grow in numbers, having more than doubled its population in recent years. The traditions of “faith, friends and fulfillment” continue to be an important part of the life of the school after more than 50 years in existence.

How We Meet the Diverse Needs of Our Students

As a community of Catholic educators, we at St. Louis School are committed to the educational, emotional, and spiritual development of each child in the environment of a Catholic school through:

• Religious instruction, daily prayer, liturgies and paraliturgical celebrations
• Celebrations of the liturgical seasons of the year and important feast days
• Visible signs of our faith displayed throughout the school (crucifixes, religious statues and pictures, prayer centres in each classroom)
• Cooperation with the parish team in the preparation of the students for the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist (usually in grade 2) and confirmation (grade 8).
• A code of behaviour which emphasizes respect for ourselves and for one another
• A safe arrival program which helps the school and the family to monitor the absences of their children
• Strong extra-curricular and co-curricular programs: primary and junior house leagues, student newspapers and hall displays of student work, clubs and activities open to all students (chess, needlework, crafts etc.), a junior choir, Christmas concert, and spoken arts festival, school teams for W5H, volleyball, soccer, baseball, basketball, cross-country and track & field.
• A school action plan developed through divisional and staff meetings throughout the year to meet the needs of the students in this community.
• Daily and long range planning of the classroom curriculum by teachers
• A school -based support team and inter-disciplinary team which include the special education and ESL teachers, the guidance teacher, school nurse, assessment and programming teacher, psychometrician, principal and social worker, which meet several times during the year to discuss and recommend programming strategies for students with special needs.
• Formal special education and ESL instruction for identified students
• Withdrawal resource instruction to provide interim or short-term assistance to students
• Guidance and social work assistance available to students and parents
• A well-equipped resource library
• A large number of computers, both in the classroom and in the library
• Word processing, desk top publishing and research skills taught to children at all grade levels by the teacher-librarian
• Seven multi-media computers to provide access to talking books, multi-media reference materials and the Internet.

Monthly Newsletters

• Parent Newsletter May 2008
• Parent Newsletter March 2008
• Healthy and Active Living Website Resources
• 2007-2008 Athletic Calendar
• Parent Newsletter, February 2008
• CSAC Newsletter, January/February 2008
• Parent Newsletter, December 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, December 2007
• Parent Newsletter, October 2007
• CSAC Newsletter,October 2007
• Parent Newsletter, June 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, June 2007
• Parent Newsletter, May 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, May 2007
• Parent Newsletter, April 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, April 2007
• Parent Newsletter, March 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, February and March 2007
• Parent Newsletter, January 2007
• CSAC Newsletter, January 2007
• Parent Newsletter, December 2006
• CSAC Newsletter, December 2006
• Parent Newsletter, November 2006
• CSAC Newsletter, November 2006
• Parent Newsletter, May-June 2006
• CSAC Newsletter, May-June 2006
• Parent Newsletter April 2006
• CSAC Newsletter March 2006
• Parent Newsletter March 2006
• CSAC Newsletter February 2006
• Parent Newsletter February 2006
• CSAC Newsletter January 2006
• Parent Newsletter January 2006

Minutes from CSAC Meetings

• April 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• May 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• November 2006
• October 2006
• September 2006
• June 2006
• May 2006
• March 2006
• January 2006
• November 2005
• October 2005
• September 2005

CSAC Bylaws

• October 27, 2006

School News

June 26
PA Day

School Learning Plan -- 2007-2008

EQAO Assessment Results

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